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Thomas Simpson
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1710
- Died
- 1761
- Works
- 27
Top works
- A new treatise of fluxions
- Trigonometry, plane and spherical
- The ladies' diary, or, woman's almanack, for the year of our Lord 1760
- The doctrine of annuities and reversions
- A supplement to the doctrine of annuities and reversions
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1582-04-01
- Active to
- 1628
classicalcomposerenglish composer
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,978
- Total plays
- 7,970
Tags
renaissancebaroqueenglishClassicalcomposer
Thomas Simpson (1582-1628) was an English composer. Simpson was born in Milton-next-Sittingbourne (now Milton Regis), Kent. There is no record of his first twenty-five years apart from his baptism (1st April). He seems to have been writing music by about 1602, when a surviving manuscript appears to have been written. Not long after this he travelled to Germany, as his name appears as a musician serving under the Elector Palatine at the Heidelberg Court. Simpson's wife was French, which might
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Family name
- Simpson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Dingwall
- Educated at
- University of Aberdeen
- Image
- Thomas Simpson (crop).jpg
Show 4 more facts
- date of death
- 1840-06-14
- date of birth
- 1808-07-02
- manner of death
- Suicide
- relative
- George Simpson
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